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Meet Colonel Timothy H. Donovan (Part II)

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NOTES:

Please read part I of Meet Colonel Timothy H. Donovan first.
The picture on the right was taken in Schweinfurt, Germany, when LTC Donovan was commanding the 3rd Battalion/64th Armor (1978). They were on full alert. At the end of the lanyard that disappears into his shirt is a Cold War era CEOI (Communications-Electronics Operating Instructions) [...]

Meet Colonel Timothy H. Donovan

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On the afternoon of November 1st, 1969, 1st platoon of Charlie Troop, 10th Cavalry, 4th Infantry Division, was ambushed by North Vietnamese forces. Charlie Troop’s Commander, Captain Timothy H. Donovan (Norwich University class of 1962), instinctively ordered his remaining soldiers to counterattack and simultaneously maneuvered his headquarters element into the heart of the action. As [...]

Three Ways Barrack Obama Could Improve his Popularity with the Military

UPDATED (December 6th, 2009): This post was originally published in June of 2008. This past week, now President Obama, in my eyes, screwed up big-time by using the Cadets of West Point as a backdrop for his “Afghanistan” speech. He should have given the speech from the Oval Office.
In January of 1993, I was in [...]